Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

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Some road-going classics are forever linked with the racers that made them famous – and no more so than the Eddie Lawson Replica.

Built by Kawasaki as an homage to its 1981 AMA title winning superbike, the machine itself was a testimony not only to the company’s engineering prowess, but to the great man himself ‘Steady’ Eddie Lawson.

ELRs – as they are known – are popular both sides of the Atlantic. Here at CMM we’ve seen originals (yes, Eddie owns one), ones with some wild and wonderful special parts and even ZRX1100/1200 based machines. We love ‘em all, so we had to include this story from Canadian CMM reader Steve Willgoose, who now takes up the story.

“My goal in

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